| Brief Encounter |
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| Web
surfers are not “connected” to a |
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| server,
but interact briefly: Browser |
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| (client)
sends a request for a page, |
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| the
server replies; it’s 2 transmissions |
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| • | This is a smart scheme: clients can flit from |
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| site to site; servers handle other requests |
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| This
scheme is part of the hypertext |
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| transfer
protocol, http |
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